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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. chelsea fans celebrate their team winning europe's champions league — after beating manchester city in an all—british final. dozens of protests around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. sri lanka faces one of the worst ecological crises in its history, following a fire on board a container ship. and british prime minister borisjohnson is reported to have married his fiancee carrie simonds in a secret ceremony.
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we start with football — and chelsea fans are celebrating — after their team won the champions league final in porto. they beat fellow english side manchester city one—nil — to pick up their second european cup. more than sixteen thousand supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match — after the venue was switched from turkey — because of covid—19. our sports correspondent — natalie pirks — has sent this report from porto. it's been a feat of organisation for the city that stopped in at the last minute and for the fans that scrambled flights, hotels and expensive tests. 12,000 fans on both sides had tickets but thousands more had travelled without them. and with hope in their hearts and with nerve starting
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to jangle both sets of fans knew they were within touching distance of the greatest prize in club football.— in club football. this is what it's all about. _ in club football. this is what it's all about. all _ in club football. this is what it's all about. all the - it's all about. all the pressures on city. there is or not _ pressures on city. there is or not chelsea. pressures on city. there is or not chelsea-— pressures on city. there is or not chelsea. it's a happy day. will view _ not chelsea. it's a happy day. will view in _ not chelsea. it's a happy day. will view in following - not chelsea. it's a happy day. will view in following city - not chelsea. it's a happy day. will view in following city forl will view in following city for many, — will view in following city for many. many _ will view in following city for many, many years. - will view in following city for many, many years. we - will view in following city for many, many years. we got i will view in following city for- many, many years. we got these tickets— many, many years. we got these tickets and — many, many years. we got these tickets and we _ many, many years. we got these tickets and we deserve _ many, many years. we got these tickets and we deserve them. - tickets and we deserve them. the third _ tickets and we deserve them. the third all— tickets and we deserve them. the third all english - tickets and we deserve them. i the third all english champions league final began with a bang. giving city their first scare. city looked menacing probing and threatening. but being frustrated by a blue wall. city may have had the intent but it was chelsea who picked the perfect pass. harverts rewarding them but the but they crave. things go from bad to worse for city ended kevin to broilers my but as he walked off in tears his team found some rhythm, chelsea's captain needed to be alert to the ever present danger. he needed to find something special from
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somewhere but chelsea were clinging on for dear life. finally after seven agonising minutes of time they erupted with joy, minutes of time they erupted withjoy, chelsea champions of europe once more. 0h withjoy, chelsea champions of europe once more. oh what a night for chelsea fans. you can probably hear we are the champions ringing out here and how fitting their fans are back in the stadium to see them win theirfifth major in the stadium to see them win their fifth major european trophy and the second since the ever bumpy for batch come in and crucially they have beaten city twice in the last outings and thomas oogle said that it temporally. there was a master class in taxes from thomas to go. he's become the first manager to start with two different teams in consecutive champions league finalfor the champions league final for the city champions league finalfor the city had started this match with all out in tacking a tent no defensive midfielder and that proved to be a gamble too far. chelsea defended one two well they took their chances.
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tuchel asked their side to start strong and very stronger. by start strong and very stronger. by listening to him and got the better of pep guardiola once more. from seeing abramovich in the sands, the owner of chelsea with his family celebrating you can see what it meant to the club and right now you can see what it means to chelsea fans. natalie pirks reporting from porto. back home in west london, chelsea supporters have been taking to the streets to celebrate. 0ur reporter matt graveling is there. ican i can tell you we were treated just a moment ago to eight light display towards the left side over stamford bridge. and the clubhead head. some lights organised and it said things like champions spelled out. it also said for the fans. and like you said, this is for the fans. so far it's been a very peaceful, this road is got a lot of people on it. we have seen a few people throwing bottles. in a couple of moments the police would push back the chelsea fans were marching towards them. we could see over
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the other blue flashing lights. and you've got a couple of officers now coming down to disperse a few people who are causing trouble. but i will say let's not take this away from the chelsea fans because the vast majority of them have been very well behaved here in london. of course after such a long, tiring season with the pandemic who can blame them for celebrating a little bit as long as they do it responsibly. there've been dozens of demonstrations around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. in poland, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to streets of the capital, warsaw. small gatherings have also been held in other european countries, the us and australia. many protesters have been calling for the release of the belarussian journalist, roman protasevich, who was detained along with his girlfriend. the plane he was flying on was forced to land in minsk last weekend. at a rally in the lithuanian capital vilnius,
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the belarusian opposition leader, svetlana tikhanovskaya, said people around the world were supporting belarus at a decisive moment. translation: they joined the action because they - understand how this year and this moment are important for us. just like me, they are sure that we will win. just like me, they're sure that we'll return home to our loved ones and the credit will go to each of you, as we are building a new belarus together, and each of us present here is its foundation. so, once again, thank you very much for being here today. meanwhile in southern russia, president putin has unexpectedly held a second day of talks with mr lukashenko. they spent the day onboard a yacht in the black sea resort of sochi. mr putin told the belarusian president the kremlin was closely following the case of mr protasevich�*s russian girlfriend, sofia sapega, who was detained with him. the two men also discussed providing additional flights between russia and belarus,
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whose airline has now been banned by several european countries. earlier i spoke to franak viacorka — a friend of the detained belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich, and senior adviser to sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the belarusian opposition leader. i asked him what he knew about mr protasevich�*s welfare 7 his girlfriend they are in minsk. he was interrogated and there was a video with his confession about crimes he never committed. i don't have information about his health definitely we saw some signs and bruises on his body and face. perhaps he was beaten during detention. we also girlfriend russian citizen she was visited by a representative of russian embassy and lawyers as well. but let's do all possible to release them as soon as possible. do you think that is possible at all? of course, of course
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it's possible. right now they are in cells probably and waiting for the free world will release them. there is not much things you can do when you are already in jail. so you are only praying, you're hoping that there will be colleagues, friends germany, uk, united states who will stand for you. and let's not forget that besides them too, there are for hundred 47 other political prisoners in a very difficult condition. sentenced to multiyear prison terms from three to 19 years of prison. are you aware of any sort of back channel diplomacy on this? because so far we've seen obviously the eu meeting to discuss presumably for the sections, we've also seen lukashenko meeting with putin. at this moment sanctions are the best and most efficient tool to end violence and to release political prisoners was
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up there is no better. of course it's not a silver bullet. it will not solve all the problems, it will not bring belarus democracy. but it could help to put enough pressure on the regime in order to force it to make in session and to release people who are not guilty. right now 9 million belarusians they are on this ryan air flight as hostages. they're not in control of the situation. and he could do whatever he wants with his nation. and people in belarus, a hope, they expect that free world will be more active to help them and to save them. do more active to help them and to save them-— save them. do you think that the uk, the _ save them. do you think that the uk, the eu, _ save them. do you think that the uk, the eu, the - save them. do you think that the uk, the eu, the us - save them. do you think that the uk, the eu, the us are | the uk, the eu, the us are doing enough? because it was an extraordinary act that we saw last weekend. it extraordinary act that we saw last weekend.— extraordinary act that we saw last weekend. it was outrages. and they create _ last weekend. it was outrages. and they create a _ last weekend. it was outrages. and they create a very - and they create a very dangerous precedent when dictators can take aeroplanes there was in their opponents.
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of course we are waiting for of course we are waiting for the most strong reaction. yesterday we met prime minister in hague and he promised that eu, uk, canada, us will be working together on putting maximum pressure on the regime. it is very important to put sanctions on the wood, steel and petrochemicals sectors of belarus was up sectors which bring the most income to the family. bring the most income to the famil . ~ . ., family. what about the meeting we seen this — family. what about the meeting we seen this two-day _ family. what about the meeting we seen this two-day meeting l we seen this two—day meeting with putin and lukashenko. have we heard anything from matt? 0bviously that's all the... also an interesting relationship. let's be honest, they hate each other. they pretend to be friends but they are not. putin excepts lukashenko because he wants to keep it under control because there is no other politician in belarus. he doesn't give him much support. he hasn't given much support. he hasn't given much money. hejust declares that he will be supporting him. and this is very important to lukashenko because his elites
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about to up there watching if putin will support him providing a back—up for him. let s get some of the day s other news. protestors have ta ken to the streets in brazil's largest cities to demand the impeachment of president jair bolsonaro over his response to the coronavirus pandemic. in brasilia, thousands have gathered in front of the congress building, calling for the president's impeachment and demanding covid vaccines. brazil has the world's second largest covid death rate, after the us — nearly half a million people have lost their lives. a ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers caught fire whilst travelling to a remote island in eastern indonesia. passengers and crew on board were forced to jumpinto the sea, but no casualties have been reported so far. the reports does suggest the
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fire started in the engine room. the authorities in northern india say at least twenty—two people have died after consuming toxic liquor in the state of uttar pradesh. they said the victims bought bottles of alcohol from licensed shops on thursday, but complained of illness after drinking it. the authorities have arrested six people and sealed five stores in connection with the incident. thousands of people have demonstrated against abortion, in the streets of the croatian capital, zagreb. pregnancy termination is legal until the tenth week in croatia, but three years ago croatia's highest court ruled the current abortion law was outdated. human rights activists fear reproductive rights may now be under threat. environment officials in sri lanka have warned the country is facing one of the worst ecological crises in its history following a naval container fire off the country s coast. thousands of military personal have been deployed to clean up waves of micro plastic pollution that have been washing ashore since the chemical transport vessel caught fire last week. joe robinson has more.
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with each wave, the task ahead becomes tougher. millions of micro plastic pellets have already washed ashore. to be cleaned up by the army, navy and air force scrambled on the beach. this is an ecological disaster site. 0ne team managed almost clear their section of the beach on friday night. only to find it covered the following morning. the fire on the express pearl began over a week ago. as it waited to enter colombo port. four indian ships havejoined the navy in their efforts to fight the blaze and mitigate the destruction. the navy does now believe the fire is under control but the extent of the damage to the environment is still being assessed. the vessel was carrying hundreds of containers of industrial chemicals threatening key parts of the areas ecosystems. fishing has already been banned along at 80 km stretch of coast
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while the clean—up operation is under way. but the threat to local jobs could be far longer the plastic pellets pose a particular threat to sea life in an area known for its crab and jumbo prawn stocks. now, the livelihood of thousands of fishermen is under threat of being eroded. this is bbc news, a reminder of our top stories. chelsea wins the biggest prize in european football for a second time, beating manchester city 1—0 in the champions league final. demonstrators take to the streets across the world to call for the release of an opposition journalist arrested after his passengerjet was forced to land. the president of colombia, eevan duqay, has said he is sending army troops to a quarter of the country's regions in an attempt to restore order after weeks of deadly anti—government protests. as thousands marched across colombia to mark a month of demonstrations,
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there was renewed violence in the southwestern city of cally, with at least 10 further casualties on friday. 0ur latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months after the protests began, they're showing no sign of letting up. what started as an outpouring of anger over a proposed tax hike has now exploded into pitched battles in several major cities. the epicentre of the anti—government protests is cali, a city which suffers from all of colombia's social ills, from poverty to paramilitaries and drug cartels. every day, peaceful protests soon descend into burning barricades and stone throwing. the authorities responding with tear gas and live rounds. the latest incident to enrage demonstrators was the sight
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of civilian gunmen shooting at protesters with the police. shouting & gunfire one of the alleged shooters, an off duty agent from the state attorney's office, was apparently lynched by an angry mob. in response, the president, ivan duque, announced the deployment of some 7000 military personnel around the country. translation: i want to make it absolutely clear _ that the maximum deployment of military assistance to the national police begins as of tonight. they won't find it easy, though. the protesters are in no mood to back down. this violence brings back painful memories of colombia's 50 year civil war between left—wing farc rebels and the state. indeed, many say the open wounds from that conflict have fanned the flames of these clashes. now, instead of strengthening the peace, colombia's long and bloody history of social unrest has simply started a new chapter. will grant, bbc news.
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the president of the democratic republic of congo says the situation near the recently erupted volcano in the east of the country is "serious but under control" earlier there was confusion over reports of a second eruption. the communications ministry later clarified it was a false alarm. it said a plane flying over the area detected smoke from intense charcoal burning, which it mistook for volcanic activity. bbc�*s emery makumeno, who has been following the story in goma gave us the latest. i talked to the director of the goma 0bservatory. he told me this was a false alarm and it did not erupt. before this there was a lot of panic because goma residents also living for a week now since the eruption of the volcano it two and a fear because of numerous traumas happening and cracks on
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walls and residences. so people when they heard it was really a panic moment here. it's only now that people are also learning by the same social media and so on that this was a false alarm. so people are trying to calm down but as you know about for hundred people have left goma and are fleeing away from the city. about ten districts have been identified as very dangerous because there is a great quantity of lava or magma which can erupt from any cracks of the roads that have been revoked by more than 100 tremors that happened a week after eruption. in the last two days the frequency and intensity of tremors have reduced which gave hope to some of the people who fled to
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return. the this morning i was at the border with families coming back. still there are people who are fleeing and we still have some people who are returning because where they went there is a lot of difficulty finding food, water some of them are trying to return home here in goma where i am. vietnam's health minister has said the country is fighting a new hybrid covid variant that is a combination of those first identified in india and britain. after successfully containing the virus for most of last year, vietnam is now grappling with a spike in infections since late april that accounts for more than half of the total of almost seven thousand cases. so far, there have been 47 deaths. i spoke to dr ali mokdad of the institute for health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington. he told me more about the variant and the problems
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that are surfacing in vietnam. they have a new variant and that new variance is it a skate barrier. so previous infections do not provide immunity. in vietnam the vaccine roll—out has been very slow. many people are susceptible. that's why you're seeing such a rise in cases right now. is you're seeing such a rise in cases right now.— you're seeing such a rise in cases right now. is this a new variant that _ cases right now. is this a new variant that is _ cases right now. is this a new variant that is a _ cases right now. is this a new variant that is a combination l variant that is a combination of the uk and india viruses? yes. that's what they have reported. it's a combination of the indian one first discovered in india and what has been discovered in the uk be 117. in many ways it's it escaped variant it's more likely to be transmitted and that's the problem. does it respond to the vaccine? no. part of it is in ex gate variance will make the vaccines less effective. especially the vaccines that are now being used in vietnam. by are now being used in vietnam. by the way vietnam is only vaccinated about one million and we are expecting for
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million to be vaccinated by september. they don't have enough vaccines in order to contain this virus. in the vaccines that they are using are not that effective against the new variables which vaccines are they using? they are using the chinese and russian a little bit also of kovacs. �* kovacs. and getting astrazeneca. - kovacs. and getting astrazeneca. how l kovacs. and getting - astrazeneca. how much less protection is there from the vaccine with these new variance. because obviously people will be worried that this very could spread and that would be very, very difficult. exactly. from what we know about the chinese vaccine, it's about the chinese vaccine, it's about 50% effective against all variance. so it might be a little bit less when it comes to the new variant. as far as astrazeneca and the russian one, we know it's about 60%. what do you think needs to happen? what do you think needs to ha en? ., what do you think needs to ha en? . ., , what do you think needs to hauen? ., ., what do you think needs to hauen? . ., . happen? vietnam has to contain this epidemic— happen? vietnam has to contain this epidemic through _ happen? vietnam has to contain this epidemic through social- this epidemic through social distancing measures. because
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many of its population are still susceptible. controlling the airports and the entry to the airports and the entry to the country so isolation to make sure they reduced the reduction of any new variant to the country. reduction of any new variant to the country-— the country. we've seen of course the _ the country. we've seen of course the uk _ the country. we've seen of course the uk and - the country. we've seen of course the uk and indian l course the uk and indian variance spread so far across the world despite those travel restrictions. is itjust restrictions. is it just inevitable restrictions. is itjust inevitable that these variance will spread? because people will spread ? because people don't will spread? because people don't always listen to the guidance, all governments of the different rules of restrictions and relaxation. no. travel restriction will only delay it will never prevent it. we know that from history. even with the spanish flu it hit a lot of areas at the time we didn't have much travel. what you try to do here is delay the entry of it and give vaccination a chance. so catch—up the vaccine campaign. what vietnam has to do is to the entry and control the variance of the spread in the country and also expert in the rolling out of the vaccination campaign.
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well, the numbers also show more than half of all people in their thirties in england have now been vaccinated in the last fortnight, including the duchess of cambridge. she got her jab at london's science museum, a short walk from her home at kensington palace. 0n social media she thanked all those who played a part in the vaccine rollout. number 10 has declined to comment on reports that borisjohnson married his fiancee carrie simonds earlier today in a secret ceremony. the prime minister is said to have exchanged vows with ms symonds in westminster cathedral, in front of a number of close friends and family. 0ur political correspondent helen catt gave us this update from downing street. they have been a lot of speculation about exactly when and how this wedding was going to take place. the sun and several other papers this evening reporting that it happened earlier at west minister at cathedral. not very hard for the enough of a mirror in downing street. the couple up in downing street. the couple up been linked publicly in the media since the start of 2019
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when they moved in here later that year after boris johnson was elected leader of the conservative party they were the first unmarried couple to do so. they got engaged later that year towards the end of 2019. last year they had a son wilford. he's notjust over a year old. downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening that's not entirely surprising, borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's a real surprise that there is in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mr johnson's third marriage. you get the wedding this evening. that's not entirely surprising, borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's a real surprise that there is in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mr johnson's third marriage. he got divorce from his second wife while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister and a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. a reminder of our top story... chelsea fans celebrate
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their team winning europe's champions league — after beating manchester city 1—0 in an all—british final. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe. 0ver sixteen thousand supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match. chelsea football team has beaten manchester city one— nil in the all—england final of the european champions league. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe, after winning the accolade in 2012. the match was played in the portuguese city of porto. up to sixteen—and—a—half—thousand people, who tested negative for covid, were allowed into the stadium. they were possibly the surprise victors. people had been predicting before the skin at manchester city would win. both clubs of course have got big international owners of course who have managed to assemble very successful teams. i'm no expert but i do know that. well done to all. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ geetagurumurthy abc news continues in the coming hours. thank you very much for watching and see you very soon.
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hello there. many places saw some warm sunshine on saturday. but we did have a bit more cloud across northern and western areas. but through sunday and into bank holiday monday we should see more in the way of sunshine around. so it will feel warmer across the board. high pressure is dominating this scene but the orientation, where sitting is allowing a little bit of cloud and mist rolling off the north sea. that will affect northern and eastern coasts at times. but it will tend to burn back to the coast through the day. the odd isolated shower could develop here and there. we could see a little bit of high cloud across southern britain into the afternoon. but it's the low cloud and mist affecting the northern isles, perhaps down in towards northeast england, across coastal east anglia which could affect the temperatures close
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to the coast around mid teens celsius. but you have to head further in land to see those values reach around the low 20 celsius with a good deal of sunshine around. you can see the odd shower dotted across parts of scotland and northern ireland. these will fade away during sunday night and then we will see that low cloud and mist roll back into some eastern areas perhaps even toward southeast england the further west you are the skies will tend to stay clear. very little changed to the pressure pattern as we head into bank holiday monday. this weather front is kept out at bay, high pressure towards the northeast. could start quite grey and cool across and east and south eastern areas. again the sunshine will get going on that cloud, burning it back to the coast. could see a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up again in land. otherwise we should see more sunshine around and it will be a little bit warmer. temperatures reaching around 23 may be 2a or 25 celsius in the warmest spot. for tuesday i think this is the peak of this warm spell. it will be a dry and sunny day for most. a bit of fair weather cloud just building up to the day.
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i think we could see temperatures reach around 25 maybe even 26 degrees in the warmer spots. a little bit warmer as well across the north sea coast as we pick up more of a southerly breeze on tuesday. but then we will start to see a change from wednesday onward we could be looking at this area of low pressure moving up bringing a line of showers and thunderstorms. particularly across southern and western areas. it will also introduce something slightly cooler and fresher as we move towards the end of the week. that will be most noticeable across more northern and western areas. that's it. see you later.
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chelsea fans celebrate their team winning europe's champions league after beating manchester city 1—0 in an all—british final. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe. over 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match. demonstrations have taken place around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. many have called for the release of the belarussian journalist roman protasevich who was detained, along with his girlfriend. the plane he was flying on was forced to land in minsk last weekend. environment officials in sri lanka have warned the country is facing one of the worst ecological crises in its history following a naval container fire off the country's coast. thousands of military personnel have been deployed to clean up micro plastic pollution washed ashore since the fire last week. an 18—year—old man has been charged with conspiracy
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